Today our topic of discussion is Urine Test.
Urine Test
URINE TESTING
Urine testing for sugar and albumin are the tests which are a part of routine urinalysis done at clinics (PHC) or in the home setup by the community health nurse during home visit
The community health nurse carries a simple urinalysis kit in her bag and makes a urine test during home visits, to find out the abnormalities in the urine.
Purposes
- To measure amount of glucose present in urine for patient suspected to have diabetes mellitus
- To measure presence of albumin for patient suspected impaired renal function.
Principles Involved
- Specimen serves as a media for transmission of disease producing organisms to the personnel who handle them carelessly
- The accuracy and reliability of findings depend upon the correct method of collection and transportation of specimens
- Urine specimens allowed to stand at the room temperature for a long time will give a false result due to decomposition of urine
- Contaminated and improperly collected specimens will produce false results which will adversely affect the diagnosis and treatment of patients clean
- All equipment used for urine testing must be
- Make a second test when there is a doubt.
General Instructions
- Ask the patient to clean the genital area with soap and water then water alone, before collecting specimen
- Instruct the patient to pass urine into clean urinal or clean kidney tray or directly into specimen bottle
- Advice to take care not to spill the urine on the outside of the container.
Equipment Needed Sugar and Albumin Test
Test tubes, test tube holder, Benedict’s solution, acetic acid, spirit lamp, match box, kidney tray, specimen collection bottle, dropper or pipette, 5 ml syringe, fresh urine sample, and urosticks.
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